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teetotally  adverb Completely, entirely, utterly.

1862 Epperly CW Letters (May 16) every thing is tetoley destroid in this part of the State. 1939 Hall Coll (Cataloochee NC) My daddy, he hollered for mother, says, “Mother, come here,” he says, “confound it, that cussed old cat scratched my hoss, and he’s teetotally ruined.” 1963 Edwards Gravel 104 It was gone, plumb tee-totally gone! 1974-75 McCracken Logging 5:61 That branch is hopelessly and teetotally dry. 1982 Slone How We Talked 30 tee-tote-ly = exactly. 1985 Irwin Alex Stewart 273 I noticed that these bottoms down here was tee-totally covered with this old yellow dock.

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